I’ll take my cue from coach Jarvis, who was very calm following Thursday’s New Year’s Day special, a 74-69 loss to South Alabama.

FAU is now 4-10 and 0-3 in the Belt, and has lost five straight and 9 of its last 10. Despite that, Jarvis is not concerned. Not yet, anyway.

Here is how this one ended, with FAU having a chance of sending it to OT with a 3, but Paul Graham missing, and then Carderro Nwoji getting blocked on his attempt that ended any chance.
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And here is Jarvis after the game.
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But Jarvis said he is seeing improvement, and he said the key is that the team is playing well in March.

That could happen, and it will be a hardy bunch that will be doing battle then, since the bench ends abruptly at eight. On the first day of 2009 it was seven, since Sammy Hernandez could not play due to a groin injury.

And with Xavier Perkins not expected back, and the Jarvis having shown no confidence in the rest of the roster, the Owls can’t afford any kind of injury that will put a player out for more than a handful of games.

As it was, Graham played all 40 minutes. Carlos Monroe and Shavar Richardson each 33 and Nwoji 31.

Even with the thin bench, Jarvis made a point by playing freshman Chris Watson just eight minutes. “He didn’t play well,” Jarvis said. Bottom line is no matter how bad the need for fresh legs, if you don’t perform, you don’t play.

That is why six players were in for 26 or more minutes.

The positives are that Monroe is back in game form now that he has played five since sitting out the first nine. And that has freed up Graham, who had 31 versus Kentucky and followed that up with 25 against South Alabama.
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Graham, 25, is FAU’s second athlete with the nickname of Snoop. The other is WR Cortez Gent. The announced crowd was 891, which was not bad considering a 2 p.m. tipoff on New Year’s Day. Just doesn’t seem right walking out of The Burrow and into sunlight.

PG Alex Tucker continues to make some great feeds, but he had some bad turnovers. Royster can’t shoot but he can block, and had four Thursday. Free throw shooting is solid, and FAU was 19-of-22 against SA, with Graham and Monroe both 7-for-7.

In the needs to improve area, Shavar Richardson gets open for easy baskets but can’t convert. He was 2-for-10 Thursday, and many of those misses were from very short range. He was also 2-for-4 from the charity stripe.

GATOR NATION INVADING OWL COUNTRY

Guess where the Gators will be practicing to prepare for the BCS title game?

Yep, FAU. Saturday and Sunday at 12:45 and Tuesday at 3:10 are the sessions currently scheduled for Boca Raton on the fields behind The Oxley.

But this is Florida and not FAU, so practices will be closed and I don’t advise anyone heading out to watch them in action. They can control access fairly easily, with just two entrances on either side of the building.

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Hi everyone

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Randy: Glad to have you and the missus back in Florida, and hope you are reunited with your stuff soon.

FAU will break even on the MCB. the sun belt will make sure of it.

and FAU is getting $16,000 from the Orange Bowl Committee (which also runs the BCS title game) for use of the first floor of The Oxley and the practice fields. that gives them the locker room, weight room, training room.

i'll be at the practice sat and sun and will have updates, though the practices are closed except for the first 15 minutes to snap some pix.

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DIETER KURTENBACH a Chicago native and 2010 Missouri School of Journalism graduate, has covered Missouri Tigers athletics for KCOU radio and the Columbia Missourian, Major League Soccer for Comcast SportsNet-Chicago, and lunch orders for ESPN Radio-Chicago. Kurtenbach was part of the Missourian team that earned first place in "Breaking News" at the 2010 Associated Press Sports Editors awards, but his real passion is his constant quest to find the world’s best sandwich – if you have a tip, don’t hesitate to send it his way.